Anne Hathaway explains how she learned to deal with trolls

Anne Hathaway is a self-avowed feminist, a hilariously good sport (see her epic rap battle with James Corden) and has starred in some of our favourite films. Think The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, Dark Knight Rises, and Les Misérables, to name but four – and she picked up the gong for Best Actress at the 2013 Academy Awards for the latter.

So it seems strange that the 34-year-old is considered to be one of the most hated people on the internet.

Kristen Bell, in a separate interview with Café Mom, has also broached the topic of online shaming – specifically that which is directed at women over their parenting choices.

The 36-year-old said: “I really, really try hard to live by the Eleanor Roosevelt quote that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. And I wish I could whisper that into the ear of every mom ever. ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent!’”

Bell, perhaps most famous for her role as the badass Veronica Mars, continued: “So if someone is shaming you, you are allowing them to do it. Do not just blame it on them. Take responsibility and go like, ‘No, I feel confident with what I'm doing. No, thank you for that advice.’

“That's a choice. That's a way – perhaps the optimal way – to handle a situation.”

Bell, who has four-year-old daughter Lincoln and two-year-old Delta with husband Dax Shepard, finished by saying: “I just think you cannot look for external self-esteem. You have to look internally.

“If you're confident with what you're doing even if that's some weird, bizarre parenting technique that you know works for your kid or you feel happy about, do it!

“Don't let anyone tell you shouldn't be doing that.”

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Kayleigh Dray is Stylist’s digital editor-at-large. Her specialist topics include comic books, films, TV and feminism. On a weekend, you can usually find her drinking copious amounts of tea and playing boardgames with her friends.